Apparatus for building foundations and walls.



V G. P. MILLS. APPARATUS FOR BUILDING FOUNDATIONS AND WALLS.

, APPLICATION FILED JUNElG, 1911. 1,068,442..

WITNESSES INVENTOR W Gemye ZZZ/2Z9 Q t 3 By W A ATTORNEYS GEORGEFLETCHER MILLS,

OF .OOTTAGEIIILL, FLORIDA.

APPARATUS FOR BUILDING iFOUNDA'IIGNS AND WALLS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. MILLS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Gottagehill, in the county of Escambia and State ofFlorida, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for BuildingFoundations and WValls, of which the following is a full, clear, and.exact description.

My invention relates to the construction of foundations and walls, andit has for its object to provide an apparatus having forms, spacedapart, between which the concrete may be deposited, a bracket beingconnected with one of the forms for carrying a platform, which is usedwhen the concrete is deposited, there being means for raising the formsand the bracket simultaneously.

Still other objects of the invention will appear in the followingcomplete description, in which the preferred form of the invention isdisclosed.

The drawing is a sectional elevation of the invention.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that guides 10 areprovided, which are spaced apart, as shown in the drawing, these guidesare connected at their upper terminals by a platform 11, which extendsbeyond the guides. Disposed between the guides, and adapted to slideagainst the guides are the forms 12, which may be supported by the pins13, which are inserted through the openings 14: in the guides 10.Brackets 15 are provided, the said brackets having horizontal members16, which fit against the outer guides 10, loops 17 being provided,which extend around the said outer guides 10, and which have theirterminals secured to the said horizontal members 16.

It will be seen by referring to the drawing, that these loop members 17extend upwardly obliquely, so that they may bear against the outerguides 10, and assist in supporting the horizontal members 16 of thebrackets 15. Secured to and extending downwardly from the horizontalmembers 16, in the direction of the guides 10, there are braces 18,these braces 18 resting against the said guides 10. Disposed against theguides 10, and secured to the horizontal members 16, and also to thebraces 18, there are struts 19. Plates 20 are secured to the sides ofthe braces 18, the said plates 20 extending beyond the said braces, andhaving Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 16, 1911.

Patented July 29, 1913.

Serial No. 633,464.

. recesses 21, in which may be disposed the pins 22, which are insertedin the orifices 23 in the outer guides 10.

An upwardly extending eye member 24: is secured to each of thehorizontal members 16 of the braces 15, platforms 25 being mounted onthe horizontal members 16, and these platforms 25 are secured to theouter forms 12, by angle irons 26. There are openings 27 in the platform11, and through these openings extend screws 28, the said screws 28meshing in the threaded members 29, which rest on the platform 11. Nuts30 are permanently secured to the lower terminals of the screws 28,preferably by riveting, the said nuts forming heads, which support theplates 31, which are mounted freely on the screws 28. Each pair of theplates 31 is connected by a link 32, the said links pre venting therotation of either of the said plates 31.

It will be understood that the concrete 33 is deposited between theforms 12 from the platforms 25, after which the platforms are raised byturning the screws 28, by their heads 34, relatively to the threadedmembers 29, and as the plates 31 are connected by means of the chains35, one with the inner form 12, and the other with the horizontal member16, the said inner form 12, the outer form 12, and the bracket 15, willbe raised relatively to the foundation 36. When the forms have beenraised, the pins 13 may be used to support the forms, while the chainsare readjusted.

In the drawings I have shown the chains with hooks 37, one of whichengages the eye member 24, secured to the horizontal members 16, on thebrackets 15, the other hook 37 engaging the eye 38 on the inner form 12.hen the bracket 15 is raised, it will carry with it the platform 25which is mounted thereon, and also the outer form 12, which as has beendescribed, is secured to the said platform 25 by means of the angle iron26. The upper terminals of the chains 35 are secured to the hooks 39,supported on the chains 40, which are secured to the plates 31.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Let ters Patent:

In an apparatus for building walls guides spaced apart, a platformhaving openings therein, screws disposed through the openings, andhaving heads on their lower terlninals, thread members on the platformname to this specification in the presence saith which thg screwslnfesh, plates mouiiltof two subscribing Witnesses. e on the hea 5,means or preventing t e plates from turning relatively to each other,FLETCHER MILLS 5 and depending supports secured to the Witnesses:

plates. E. PARKER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my S. BROWN.

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